the painters are back.

It felt like old times to have Chad and Bev of Two Guys Painting back in the house this week for some touch up work.  Besides a few random re-touches, we put the finish coat on the mud room porch floor - and  a second coat on the basement stairs.  They will be so much easier to keep clean with this beautiful oil-based gloss porch paint.  I am ecstatic with happiness.  Really.

One of my "mistakes" with our house project was my previous choice of porch paint on the two exterior porches and the two balcony floors.  I erred on the side of not wanting it too glossy - and got a finish that is just too hard to keep clean.  I learned that a semi-gloss finish holds the dust and is stained by fall leaves.  Next spring the balconies and porches are getting a coat of what I now consider the perfect porch paint:
Benjamin Moore Alkyd Porch & Floor Enamel

Bring on the oil-based glossy porch paint.  It translates to easier-to-keep-clean.